PHOTO COLLECTION

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Memorial to Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel died December 18, 2011. People gathered in the streets of Prague to remember their former president.

Gorbachev

Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union. He was, in the words of our interviewee, "built from a different mold" than the rest of the communists. He believed in "communism with a human face." It was under his regime that East Europe was allowed to rebel and win freedom.

Police Shut Down Prague Spring

This picture was taken only days after the 1968 Warsaw Invasion.

Alexander Dubcek

The political leader of the Prague Spring. He would be killed in a car crash shortly after the Revolution.

Music Led the Revolution

The Plastic People of the Universe were among the bands in the Velvet Underground, which the Czech students took inspiration from. In Czechoslovakia, bands were not allowed to sport long hair or have English names. They had to be tested on Music Theory and Marxist-Leninist philosophy.

White Carnations

Protesters reach out to stick white carnations in the shields of riot police.

The John Lennon Peace Wall

Perhaps a legacy of the Velvet Revolution, the Lennon Wall exists today in Prague.